[bksvol-discuss] Re: Fw: new scanner and OCR alert
- From: James Nuttall <jnuttallphd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:12:57 -0700 (PDT)
Hello Sarah:
To answer your question about the size of the OpticBook scanner, I've looked at
the web page and the accompanying video. This scanner is pretty much the same
dimensions as a typical flatbed scanner. Specifications are as follows:
Scanning area 8.5" x 11.69",
USB 2.0
Technology Color CCD image sensor
Hardware Resolution 1200 dpi
Interpolated Resolution 24000 dpi
Jim Nuttall -- Michigan
Sarah Van Oosterwijck <curiousentity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thank you for forwarding this. It sounds interesting. I am just wondering
what the size of the scanner is, and why this company decided that book
scanning was popular enough to make a scanner especially for the purpose. I
went to the address provided, and although I will look some more, I am
totally unimpressed by their initial webpage. It is a mass of poorly labeled
images. I haven't yet spent the time to determine whether it is navicable or
not. I don't suppose someone else knows about this scanner and could tell
me the size of it's scanning surface and save me the trouble? :-)
Sarah Van Oosterwijck
http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity
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From: "Louise"
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Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 12:39 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Fw: new scanner and OCR alert
>
> > New Scanner Eliminates Spine Shadow
> >
> > By Mike Berman
> >
> > Frustration is trying to scan pages from a book on a flatbed scanner.
> > The solution: the new OpticBook 3600 ($249) from Plustek.
> >
> > It's happened to all of us _- we try to scan or copy pages from a book
> > or other publication only to discover that some of the type is distorted
> > or the type
> > near the spine is lost in what has become known as "spine shadow."
> >
> > So, we end up either breaking the spine of the book to get it to lie
> > flat or cut the pages out of the book, neither of which is a desirable
> > solution.
> >
> > Enter, stage left, the OpticBook 3600.
> >
> > Plustek has developed what they call SEE (Shadow Elimination Element)
> > Technology, which allows book pages to lie flat on the bed of the
> > scanner and uses
> > a lamp with curved ends to scan type close to the book's spine. The
> > result is a readable, undistorted copy in eight-to-10 seconds.
> >
> > Of course the scanner has all of the features we've come to expect from
> > a flatbed including the ability to email, copy, and scan images at the
> > touch of
> > a button. But the additional "book action buttons" allow us to preview,
> > color scan, grayscale scan or text scan those pesky book pages.
> >
> > In addition, the scanner comes with Book Pilot software, which:
> >
> > _ It automatically rotates images as consecutive pages are scanned.
> >
> > _ It gives you an image preview in 3.5 seconds.
> >
> > _ It allows you to save images in JPG, BMP or PDF formats.
> >
> > _ You can convert images to Microsoft Word or PDF documents.
> >
> > _ You can adjust the scan frame size to fit the book size.
> >
> > _ You can save all the images of a particular job into one file.
> >
> > Plus you can scan to OCR, view images in "real time" to make adjustments
> > in contrast, brightness and gamma, and categorize your images.
> >
> > The scanner comes with the standard software bundle (except for Book
> > Pilot): NewSoft Presto Page Manager, ULead Photo Impact XL SE, ULead
> > Photo Explorer
> > SE and ABBYY FineReader 5.0 Sprint.
> >
> > Specs on the scanner, for those that are addicted to such things, are
> > pretty much what we've come to expect from the new generation of
> > flatbeds:
> >
> > _ A high-speed USB 2.0 interface.
> >
> > _ Hardware resolution of 1200 dpi with software interpolated resolution
> > of 2400 dpi.
> >
> > _ 48-bit input and 24/48-bit output scanning mode for color, 16-bit
> > input and 8/16-bit output for grayscale.
> >
> > _ Single-pass scanning mode.
> >
> > _ A cold cathode lamp.
> >
> > For more information, check out the company's web site at
> > www.plustek.com.
> >
>
>
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